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The Disciples of Christ Church in the Congo (EDCC) in the Republic of Congo is a relatively young church founded in 1995 as a mission of the Community of the Disciples of Christ of the Congo (CDCC) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The capital city of the Republic of Congo is Brazzaville, and the church is also referred to as the Disciples of Christ Church in the Congo \u2013 Brazzaville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Disciples of Christ Church in the Congo \u2013 Brazzaville serves families through a variety of community development projects. Since 2001, the church has run a women\u2019s literacy project. Additionally, the church has been active in working with the refugee community in Brazzaville through income-generation activities and agriculture projects. Many refugees arrived in Brazzaville from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is located directly across the Congo River, because they were fleeing violence resulting from long-standing tensions among communal people groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One current project of the Disciples of Christ \u2013 Brazzaville is the Palm Oil Sustainable Production project. Through the project, the church is supporting small-scale production of palm oil by refugee families living in Brazzaville. Shown in the video below and photo to the right, the church shares a demonstration on a few steps of the production process. The palm nuts are first cooked and prepared with a wood fire in a barrel. Once cooked, the palm nuts are then transferred to a second barrel, where they are turned manually and the oil is collected through the bottom, which has holes to filter the oil from the palm nut fragments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n